The PNWSCT Coatings Fest is an industrial forum for the global technical community involved in coating technology and will take place Oct. 10-12, 2012 in Semiahmoo, Wash. For consideration as a presenter at Coating Fest, contact the technical chairs: Thelma Longakit, tlongakit@cloverdalepaint.com; or Vernon Lo, vlo@debro.comcomplete. The committee will review all submissions and notify the status of submissions by the end of January 2012.

Topics of interest for the PNWSCT Coatings Fest conference include: new product applications, substrates, modernization of equipment, and safety/environmental/sustainability, as well as those listed below. Papers covering other related subjects should still be sent for committee review.

Regulatory Affairs
•Overviews and updates of new regulations (GHS, etc…)

Quality systems
•Overviews and updates of related systems

New Markets
•Overviews and updates of key product markets

Presentations for the conference are selected upon the following criteria: applicability to the advancement of the formulating / manufacturing process; uniqueness and innovativeness of new technology and its contribution to the industry; and value to the technical/production community. The audiences for these conferences are technical professional personnel in R&D and manufacturing. For more information visit www.pnwsct.org.